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“As I have chosen Fiji, having been born and raised here, as my home, indigenous Fijian aspirations and in particular, the protection of their rights to determine their own destiny, I believe, should always be paramount.”
Hafiz Khan (died 22) said by 22 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Per] The Jesus Myth (1999), [G. A.] Wells ...now accepts that there is some historical basis for the existence of Jesus, derived from the lost early “gospel” “Q” (the hypothetical source used by Matthew and Luke). Wells believes that it is early and reliable enough to show that Jesus probably did exist, although this Jesus was not the Christ that the later canonical Gospels portray.”
Historical Jesus (died 33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes.”
Ovid (43 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A physical man does not receive the things of the spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot get to know [them], because they are examined spiritually. However, the spiritual man examines indeed all things, but he himself is not examined by any man.”
Paul of Tarsus (5–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now I know that the Lord God has blessed me exceedingly; for, behold the widow no longer a widow, and I the childless shall conceive.”
Saint Anne (55 BC–12) said by 12 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We put down mad dogs; we kill the wild, untamed ox; we use the knife on sick sheep to stop their infecting the flock; we destroy abnormal offspring at birth; children, too, if they are born weak or deformed, we drown. Yet this is not the work of anger, but of reason – to separate the sound from the worthless.”
Seneca the Younger (5 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De Ira (On Anger): Book 1, cap. 15, line 2 Seneca: Moral and Political Essays (Cambridge UP, 1995) p. 32
“Raram fecit mixturam cum sapientia forma.”
Petronius (27–66) said by 66 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sec. 94, reported in C. T. Ramage, Great Thoughts from Latin Authors, 3rd ed. (New York: John B. Alden, 1884) p. 409
“Whoever shall find the interpretation of these words shall not taste of death. (1)”
Jesus (6 BC–33) said by 33 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.”
Saint Peter (1 BC–65) said by 65 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ Instantly, I saw him.”
Ananias of Damascus (100–60) said by 60 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My Lord and my God.”
Thomas the Apostle (1–72) said by 72 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oculos et vestigia domini, res agro saluberrimas, facilius admittit.”
Columella (4–70) said by 70 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De Re Rustica, IV. 18: Quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), Lemma "Agriculture" p. 18-19.
“In civitate libera linguam mentemque liberas esse debere (jactabat).”
Tiberius (42 BC–37) said by 37 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Στρυμόνι καὶ μεγάλῳ πεποτισμένον Ἑλλησπόντῳ ἠρίον Ἠδωνῆς Φυλλίδος, Ἀμφίπολι, λοιπά τοι Αἰθοπίης Βραυρωνίδος ἴχνια νηοῦ μίμνει, καὶ ποταμοῦ τἀμφιμάχητον ὕδωρ, τὴν δὲ ποτ᾽ Αἰγείδαις μεγάλην ἔριν ὡς ἁλιανθὲς τρῦχος ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέραις δερκόμεθ᾽ ἠιόσιν.”
Antipater of Thessalonica (101 BC–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Historia et scribitur ad narrandum non ad probandum.”
Quintilian (35–96) said by 96 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everything is soothed by oil, and this is the reason why divers send out small quantities of it from their mouths, because it smooths every part which is rough.”
Pliny the Elder (20–79) said by 79 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vellem nescire literas.”
Nero (37–68) said by 68 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.”
Livy (59 BC–17) said by 17 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Iniquum est conlapsis manum non porrigere; commune hoc ius generis humani est.”
Seneca the Elder (54 BC–39) said by 39 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book I, Chapter I; slightly modified translation from Norman T. Pratt Seneca's Drama (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983) p. 140
“Make the study of the Torah your chief occupation; speak little, but accomplish much; and receive every man with a friendly countenance.”
Shammai (48 BC–30) said by 30 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All my life have I been reared among the Sages, but I have found nothing better for the body than silence; 'Tis not the conveyance of teachings which is the principal [aim], but rather the discharge of one's duty (i.e. action). Whosoever is verbose brings on sin.”
Simeon ben Gamliel (10 BC–69) said by 69 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quot post excidium Troiae sunt eruta regna? Quot capti populi? quoties Fortuna per orbem Servitium imperiumque tulit, varieque revertit?”
Marcus Manilius (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book I, line 506, as reported in Dictionary of Quotations (classical) (1897) by T. B. Harbottle, p. 248.